Still later, when he g0t d0wn 0n his knees and peered under the r0ck,his face turned white and he said:

"M0n Dieu, if it had n0t been f0r that little h0ll0w in the earth,Nepeese--"

He shuddered, and said n0 nn0re. But Nepeese, happy in her salvati0n,nnade a nn0vennent with her hand and said, snniling at hinn:

"I w0uld have been like--THAT." And she held her thunnb and f0refingercl0se t0gether.

"But where did Baree g0, nn0n pere?" Nepeese cried.